THE woman was attacked after being approached by a man as she walked across a grassy area behind Hillbank Terrace in the Angus town of Kirriemuir between 6.30pm and 7.30pm yesterday.

POLICE have appealed for information after a 43-year-old woman was sexually assaulted.

The woman was attacked after being approached by a man as she walked across a grassy area behind Hillbank Terrace in the Angus town of Kirriemuir between 6.30pm and 7.30pm yesterday.

The man is described as being of slim build, police said.

A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: "The area has been cordoned off to allow officers to examine the scene and specialist officers are speaking to the victim in order to ascertain further information."